Improvement in baskets for house-plants



pas effet f `ALBERT.le;entertain;ou'Witsunteren. DISTRICT on ooLMBiA.

' f Letters raient No. 112,433,- datea nach 7,1871.

'VINi'PROVEMENT IN lBASKETS FOR HOUSE-PLANTS.

`The Schedule referred to` in these "Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.

I, ALBERT P. EhsTMAN, of Washington, county oi' `Washington and District of Columbia, Ahaveinvented 4an i Improvement in Baskets for House-Plants, which baskets are linedwithmoss before receiving the earth and plants..` The following is aspecication v:4

. @Figure 1."is a plan yiew, showing' inside and bottom ofbasket. `v n f` 4 Figure -2 isaview ofthe basket in an upright position, with one section unhooked and open. r'

` "Thisinvention consists o fa 'basket (of wire or othersuitable material) for house-plants, and is made to.

open `in sections for parts, the object of such construc-l tion being to allow theV opening of one `section at a time, `in order Ito 'remove the old moss and substitute fresh moss; whenever desirable, without disturbing the plants in the basket., f

In aV short time after moss has been Vplaced. 'in a .basket it Withers and becomes unsightly, but, as

baskets are made, it'canuotfbe changed without Iirst removing the plants.

Referring `to the drawingy i t l c and d is arigid frame, being the top and c the sides and bottom. To this frame lare secured the movable sections, the wires by which the basket is `hung up, or whatever it rests upon. v s

' The frame gives strength and firmness to the basket, and, by allowing `the sections .to-open in'depeudentof 'each other, prevents the plants and earth in the basket being disturbed. y,

a are hooks or hinges byw'hichthe sections are secured kat the bottom-'5 each section may have one or' more of these., 4` i `b is a wire, fastened to frame c, and toit, b, the sections are hinged. l

c are hooks, by which the upper part of each section, when closed, is secured tothe frame cA and d; Springsl or other convenient means-may be used for vthe same purpose.-

f represents a section open; thejothers are represented closed. 'A The above explainslthe construction of the basket. The drawing is as simple aspossible, merely showiug'thepriuciple involved, Without exhibiting `lany ornamental Work, or any legs or other contrivances for the basket to resten. A

The sections can be madento Vopen-from 4the vbottom or from the side, as well as from the top.l

The part of frame c might be dispensed with, and the lower part of each section made to hook. into Athe opposite section, or into a ring or square of wire like b, that is,when the sections are hinged at the top to the frame d. y 4 l 1l-he sections couldbe secured at the bottom when hinged at the top, by being hooked into a plate of sheet-iron or other material, which 'plate would have holes for this purpose.

The hooks could bein the shape of loops, and be keyed by inserting wire or other keys through the loops, after the loops have been hooked through the plat-e.

I- claim as my invention- The basket for house-plants herein described, con.

sisting of the rigid frame c (l, and the movable sections f, substantially as and for the purpose specified;

ALBERT P. EASTMAN.

Witnesses:

' S. N. lEustis/nin,

Jos. T. K. PLANT. 

